Cast Dice Podcast

Melbourne's next big Bolt Action event is upon us in a few weeks. The guys come together to talk about the player pack and to unpack the lists they are taking.

The Zero Threat guys are back to talk about their experiences at a load of local events.

On this episode of the Official Warlord Games Podcast, two experienced American players discuss what we like about the recently released "Armies Of The United States" book for Bolt Action Third Edition. We look at the new national rules, both the official ones and the other national "traits" that the book encourages US players to lean into. We also look at new and returning units and equipment. There is a LOT to dig into.

This week we are joined by Dannypaints from the infamous Dwellers Below podcast to take a look at Warhammer Fantasy in the modern era. How is The Old World going a year into its existence? Let's find out!

WE ARE BACK!!! In this episode we are joined by Drake to get back to one of the core ideas behind this podcast, how to list for particular conflicts, while still making lists that stand up and do well on the tabletop. Today we explore the battle for Madagascar, a lesser known but fascinating conflict! This episode was recorded before the recent FAQ. Anything that was changed was edited out except for a reference to spotters spotting for mortars. Please ignore that. Everything is up to date and the chat is good. Please join us!

The whole cast is back to chat about our experiences at the fantastic Eureka MCP event. Along the way we talk painting, Dracula and submarines on MCP tables. Please join us. Our theme music is Cyberpunx by LukHash

In this episode of the Official Warlord Games Podcast, we speak with the author of the new Pike & Shotte expansion, Wars Of The Samurai about this mighty new tome and how it dramatically expands your ability to bring Daimyos and their armies to your tabletop.

This week, we speak in depth with Karl from Crooked Dice and Peter from Edge Hill University about their collaboration in creating the newest expansion to the popular 7TV 80's Genre Guide, Night Terrors! We also touch on 7TV Fantasy, Colony 87 and much... much... more.

In 2025 we were expecting lots of great Bolt Action material in various new "Armies Of..." books and while we are getting that, we are ALSO getting cool new content in books like the newly released Bolt Action Compendium. Packed within its pages are over 25 scenarios, countless special characters, new units and other goodies for an astonishing number of forces that you can use to spice up narrative driven games of Bolt Action. Driven by the community it is something really special and, today, we dig in to discuss it at length. Along the way, we also scratch the surface of the upcoming Armies of The United States and the Revolution addition to the Epic Battles range. Join us, won't you?

After a few episodes featuring special guests, the Zero Threat gang is back! The Daves, Leigh and I talk about our takeaways from some local events and games that we have been playing before digging into our main topic looking at Dave's themed Captain Hydra list. Along the way we discuss the Scourge run of Captain America, how Sentinels took down one of Australia's best and how to spruce up your tabletops with S.H.I.E.L.D. themed terrain. Our new theme music is a song called "Cyberpunx" by LukHash. Please check out his other work. It is fantastic!

Today we are joined by some of the fantastic tournament organisers behind Victoria's Mightiest Heroes MCP Qualifier events. Together we discuss what the Mightiest is and talk about how it has been created to help grow Victoria's already strong Marvel Crisis Protocol scene. Along the way there is lots of good MCP chat from several differing perspectives. It should be interesting even if you do not live in Victoria... or Australia! The qualifying events that have been discussed on this episode are: Eureka - March 29th The G-Town Beatdown - May 24th Days Of Future Past - 21st and 22nd Of June Crisis In The Country - 19th Of July Shadowland - 20th of September War For Werribee - 28th of October

We are back with the Tournament Organisers of this year's huge Bolt Action Cancon event. We look at some of the consistencies across all the lists before digging into the top lists at the event and thinking about what this might mean for the Australian Bolt Action Scene.

Welcome back to Zero Threat. On this episode we are joined by the Tournament Organiser of the and the Winner of Australia's largest Marvel Crisis Protocol tournament to talk about the event, MCP in Australia and things that we love about the game. This podcast can be found on the Cast Dice Podcast Network.

Welcome to the newest Marvel Crisis Protocol podcast on the block, Zero Threat! We are a group of narratively focussed MCP players/experienced war gamers, who are chronicling our journey as we strive to get better at the game, all the while fielding interesting, themed rosters. Along the way we will explore unique table set ups, themed rosters and the miniatures/paint schemes necessary to make that possible and the comics we are sharing to inspire each other. We hope you will join us! In this episode, we introduce ourselves and chat about our experiences and take aways from this year's massive MCP Cancon event.

The Ghost Army is back in 2025 with an episode that goes back to its original show format! Andrew from Chicago Dice joins us as we look at some of the new rules and units available in the upcoming "Armies Of Germany" book. We then use those rules and units to create three historically themed, effective army lists that we are excited about playing on the tabletop.

We are back after a relaxing holiday season to discuss the first in the series of the new "Armies Of..." books for Bolt Action Third Edition, and it is a big one! I am joined by Marcus, from Warlord Games, to talk about the upcoming, enormous Armies Of Germany book and what to expect from future "Armies Of..." books going into future.

We are back with a new episode for the new year! Actually, this episode was recorded a few weeks ago but between travelling and a small technical issue, it is only coming out now. Sorry about the delay! 7TV is the ultimate sandbox game. You can play out almost anything on the tabletop and while this is awesome, it can make event planning interesting. To help us out, I am joined by a veteran 7TV event organiser, David, to chat about his experiences.

2024 was a big year for gaming. This week, we take a look back at the year that was and the games we played. We also discuss what we are excited about playing 2025 and big events that we are already preparing for.

This week I am joined by the legendary game designer himself, Rick Priestley, to discuss his newest game Space Battles: A Spacefarers Guide.

In this episode I am joined by our friend Nick Beattie to chat about what we like about Trench Crusade. We then discuss the local 3rd Edition 40K event that we held here in Melbourne and what we like about that particular version of the game. PLEASE NOTE: This episode is later than it normally would be because Brad had microphone issues and it took longer than usual to edit and get out. We are sorry about his audio quality and about the delay.

We continue our ongoing coverage of the new edition of Bolt Action with a man who knows a lot about the game and who has some experience with the new edition, Bryan Cook, the author of our favourite campaign book, Fortress Budapest.

Please join us for Cast Dice's 7th birthday as we explore the new German National rules from the upcoming Armies Of Germany Bolt Action Third Edition book and as we look at the kinds of lists and what was is them from Melbourne's first big Bolt Action event, Operation Bear.

We are joined by Karl from Crooked Dice to explore the next upcoming Genre Guide for 7TV, our favourite sandbox skirmish game. 7TV Fantasy!

Warlord Games has put out PDF's for the minor power army lists, errata and FAQ's for Bolt Action Third Edition and we are here to cover it.

After getting some more games of Bolt Action Third Edition, Leigh and I discuss some of our big take aways and plans before digging into the player pack for Melbourne's first Third Edition event, Operation Bear 2024.

We have been talking about Bolt Action Third Edition for a while now, but now it is time to bring in the man himself, the game's author, Alessio Cavatore. Please join us as talk about the game's new edition and everything that it brings to the tabletop.

Now that we have had time to play Bolt Action Third Edition and think about our experiences, we are back to discuss our experiences and unpack some of our early takeaways regarding this new edition of the game. In this episode I am joined by Melbourne's own, Leigh Avery and our Scottish friend Alistair Unicomb. We do not agree on all of our opinions but there is a LOT to talk about!

Warlord has done an amazing job of giving us lots of information about Bolt Action Third Edition in its spoiler articles but what if we discussed something that has not been spoiled yet? That's right, today we are talking about what organised play will look like for Bolt Action Third Edition with the man behind the teaser articles himself, Marcus Vine from Warlord Games.

Now that we have the rules and a few of us have had a chance to play Third Edition of Bolt Action, it is time to start talking shop! Today I am joined by our old friend Jordan, from ScaleHistorySLC, to start discussing what the actual game actually feels like on the tabletop.

WE HAVE THE THIRD EDITION RULEBOOK IN HAND! Today, I am very excited to say that we are beyond working off of the teaser articles, we have the full, new edition book. Today we are going to speak with Marcus, one of the final play testers of the game, about the new edition and we get to talk about all the hot topics that everyone has been wondering about. Please join us for this VERY SPECIAL episode of the Warlord Games Official Podcast!

The Ghost Army Podcast is back with a serious discussion of the Bolt Action Third Edition Vehicles, Morale and No Free Units spoiler articles from Warlord Games. Along the way we spill a few things and Brad might pull out a soapbox at one point... We also tackle listener questions about themed listing and the future of Campaign Books going into the new edition of the game.

This week I am joined by Andy Singleton, the incredibly talented painter and prolific author of the Painting Wargaming Figured books. We talk about this journey as an author, his work as a commission painter, common experiences as a painter that we can all relate to and what he has planned next.

The Warlord spoiler articles about the Third Edition of Bolt Action's shooting phase and machine guns are worrying a lot of established Bolt Action players. Patch, Bryan Cook and Brad take a breath and explain why these changes might just be for the better and share their thoughts, without speculating too wildly.

This week I am joined by Lorne, the Secretary from one of Melbourne's oldest and most established game clubs, the NWA, to discuss the creation of Melbourne's newest game convention, Victorius. Tune in to find out all about it and/or to hear about how you too can work to create a game convention of your own.

The Ghost Army crew is back to discuss the Warlord rules teasers about platoon structures, special rules and a few additional tidbits dropped by Marcus, a Warlord V3 play tester. We dig into what these changes mean for us as a community without going off the deep end of speculation.

With Warlord dropping news of Bolt Action V3's pre-orders going live on Friday and the announcement about the game's eventual release date, we have a lot to discuss. The original Ghost Army Podcast crew: Patch, Bryan Cook (the author of the Fortress Budapest book) and Old Man Morin reunite to break down all the big Bolt Action Third Edition news and dig into how this will affect the Bolt Action community, as a whole. This is NOT an episode that you want to miss!

We often talk about tournaments as the main type of organised events that allow players to gather and play Bolt Action together, this excludes many other exciting way to enjoy this game with others. Today we speak with the folks behind a fantastic D Day commemorative event that brought like minded gamers together in a new, fun and innovative way.

Our old friend Peter West joins us to explore a pile of game systems that are catching our fancy at the moment. We chat about Bolt Action V3, V Is For Victory, Maschinen Krieger, Mars: Code Aurora, Victoria Miniatures and many, many more. Please join us for this informal, fun dig into the state of the industry.

Months ago, Doug and Ben joined me to discuss our preparations for a new Melbourne Bolt Action event called Small Unit Tactics. We played in and loved the event. Now Small Unit Tactics 2: Bocage to Bagration is upon us. We reunite as a group to once again, discuss our preparations before we charge into the fray.

This week, Anthony from Traders Galaxy visits to discuss the highly anticipated third edition of BOT WAR!

This week I am joined by the Tournament Organiser of this year's Tank Busters event, Ian Underwood. I am also joined by our old friend David Xavier of the Left Handed Panzerfaust Blog, a player, to discuss the tournament.

Warhammer Fantasy Battle 6th edition is often spoken about as the definitive edition of the classic rank and flank game. Today Brad and Nick discuss if 40K has that edition and why it might be 3rd Ed. Join us for this stroll down memory lane as Brad gets over the plague and Nick prepares to run a 3rd Ed event in 2024.

It's time to address the elephant in the room! Warlord Games recently announced an exciting new game for their existing Epic Battles line, Hail Caesar. Today I am joined by Ben Hampshire, one of the main contributors to the project to discuss how the Punic Wars can be played out on the tabletop at an Epic Scale.

This week I am joined by Mike from Firelock Games to discuss the coolest pirate miniature game out there, Blood And Plunder, and the upcoming, smaller scale Port Royal.

We recently played in Melbourne's most recent Bolt Action event, Small Unit Tactics. Today I am joined by the winner of the event, the winner of Best Painted and a man with strong opinions about what is fun at competitive play. Join us to hear about how it went!

The Ghost Army Podcast is back with an episode of the hottest takes about Warlord's big announcement concerning the upcoming release of Bolt Action V3. Needless to say... we are VERY excited! Let us tell you why!

This week I am joined by the authors to discuss Warlord's awesome new tank game, Achtung Panzer!

This week I am joined by Rob, the mad genius behind the recent, massive Stalingrad Bolt Action game held down here in Victoria. We are also joined by the heads of the two opposing sides. Even if you are not a fan of big multiple participant games, this episode is a great listen because it is great to hear about what you can accomplish on the tabletop with a little research and some very clever thinking.

With Melbourne's next big Bolt Action event, Small Unit Tactics, around the corner, it is time to think about what army I am going to take as a player. This week I am joined by my old, and incredibly talented, friend Ben Llewellyn to unpack how the player pack for this event affected our listing choices and to discuss the lists we are planning to take on the day.

This week I am joined by the prolific and talented game designer Patrick Todoroff, the author of Zona Alfa, to discuss his newest Osprey Blue Book offering. When Nightmares Come is a solo/cooperative skirmish game where players investigate and battle supernatural mysteries and horrors in the modern world.

This week I am joined by the incredibly prolific and talented game designer, James Hewitt, to discuss Modiphius Entertainment's newest hottest game, Fallout Factions Nuka-World. Longtime listeners of the show will know how much Fallout means to me as a game and a universe and I am really excited to talk with James about how this new head to head skirmish game brings that rich and wild universe to life on the tabletop.